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Seth Werkheiser's avatar

Absolutely appreciate and feel this piece sooo much.

Julie Laufer's avatar

🫶🫶🫶 thank you, Seth!

Jane Stephens Rosenthal Cooke's avatar

Love it Julie! It’s so inspiring to see someone figuring it out! I feel so lucky I get to witness it!

Julie Laufer's avatar

Thank you, Jane!!! I feel lucky to have witnesses <3

Amanda Jackson's avatar

I'm inspired by you, and grateful for your honesty here! (PS: that was It's Always Sunny on your laptop in the laundry essay... right?)

Julie Laufer's avatar

😭 thank u amanda!!

and it is Glenn Howerton, but in Sirens!

Amanda Jackson's avatar

HAHA I reverse Google image searched it and it was even confident enough to guess which *episode* of It's Always Sunny it was 😭 that's too funny

AJ Lee's avatar

I felt every word of this because I know exactly what this is like! I spent about a year and a half in my under-employment period, and it was so freeing in many ways, so stressful in others. It was really an exercise in “choose your hard”.

Thank you for sharing this! It can be such a disorienting feeling at times, and I’m proud of you for doing what feels right for you, for right now! nothing is permanent. 🙂

Julie Laufer's avatar

🥹thank you! I love ‘choose your hard’ — that’s a perfect way to put all of this.

Emily's avatar

I can't believe it's been three months! I've enjoyed following along on your journey :)

Julie Laufer's avatar

I can't either!! and thank you for following the journey!

Max Pete's avatar

Really appreciate you sharing this :)

Julie Laufer's avatar

And I appreciate YOU being here <3

Adriana Hernandez's avatar

Great piece, and it puts into words some of the things I couldn't find the words for... so thank you for finding some of the words/explanation to things I was yet able to find/explain.